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Chess 06 Dec 1931, Sun The Morning Call (Allentown, Pennsylvania) Newspapers.com
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"IT'S YOUR MOVE" The Morning Call's Chess and Checker Column Problems, Games, Positions in End Games and News Items Will Be Welcomed W. H. STECKEL, Editor Chess Tourney The fifth annual tournament of the Central Pennsylvania Chesa association was started yesterday at the Hotel Allen, Centre Square, and was In progress up till 11:30 last evening. Play will be resumed this morning at 9 o'clock and will rJe kept up till a iiew champion Is decided for the year 1931-32. Entries are expected from all parts of Pennsylvania, Including plavers from, Allentown, Harrisburg, Wilkcs-Barre, Berwick, York, Reading. Eas-ton, Bethlehem, Catawissa, Bellwoou, Sunbury and other parts of Central Pennsylvania. A tournament among the class B players of the Allentown Chess club got under way during the past week with the first round as follows: H. Wieland vs. Dr. F. Dryer; E. Foley vs. W. Snyder; W. Wallitsch vs. A. J. Ouerber and D. McKce vr. H. Heffd-finger. Plans are under way for a Reading und Berks County Chess tournament from recent news received in a circular and letter from H. Sucndrr, one of the committee who is serving with Messrs. Gabriel, Schleicher and Houck in arranging the rules and scheduling the players for this tourney.
H. V. Hesse, of Bethlehem, the Cen tral Pennsylvania champion in his j 15-game match with W. H. Steckel, ( tha Lehigh valley ana Aiienioi:i champion, wen the sixth game of this match.
The score is 31i-2,i in Mr. Hesse's favor. ed simultaneously against 68 opponents at Sieria Maare. Calif., 56 games in all 1 being played. He won 40, drew 9 &jiu 1 lost 7.
J The following letter was received j from Frank. J. O Hara, the well know,: i player from Scranton, Pa. The letter j concerns the possimnty oi Dnngms x. Kashdan here again this winter: Dear Mr. Steckel: I am writing you about trying tc bring I. I. Kashdan to your city on his way to Scranton and Wiikei-Barre since we plan to have him here before long If we can get him. He was here last February and made a fine Impression. We haVe no set chess club working here now but we can arrange matters with two or three small clubs In this vicinity to give Kashdan a pleasant evening.
He really deserves our encouragement in this way to help him pay his traveling expenses abroad. His games that we play over are suiely worth 25c each to each of us and if we all gave him a quarter for each of his great games, Kashdan would not have to travel but he is not at all of a grasping nature and he really enjoys visiting the clubs, etc. Will you not write to Kashdan at the Manhattan Chess Club, Hotel Beacon, New York City and try to help arrange for your city and pos-eibily Bethlehem and Easton. I have read about your winnings In the "Chess Bulletin" and I congratulate you. Hope to meet you some fine day.
With best wishes, I am, Very truly yours, FRANK J. O'HARA We may add if there is enough response to have this young master here we shall only be too glad to secure Mr. Kashdan's services. The following is the standing of the Castle's Chess Club Chess Tournament: Foley, 7-1; Rockel, 9'4-lVi; Godfrey. 6-3: Hodgson. 4-4; Bahjyian, 3V4-4; Snyder, 2-6; Steiner, 2-8, and R. B. Miller, 1-7. Rudolph Smirka, A. E. Santasiere, Reuben Fine and E. Tholfsen ach with a score of 3-2, are tied for tie lead in the championship tournament at the Marshall Chess club. Sidney Bernstein and A. C. Cass come nexc, with 2A-1',4 apiece.
The following results were recorded in the first round of the annual inter-club series of Commercial Chess League: Bell Telephone, 2li; International, IVi: New York Edison, Doherty - Penney, Brooklyn Edison, 3; Chase National, 1; American T. St T., a bye. Lester S. Samuels, Albert S. Plnkus, 99 Alfred Schroeder, Robert Willman and Leonard B. Meyer, consulting in behalf of the Manhattan Chess club, experienced no difficulty in winning the cable game against the British Chess club, cf Paris, in 31 moves. The British club sacrificed a pawn somewhat recklessly on the tenth move and thereafter the issue was never in doubt. Although none of the members of last year's champion team will be on hand, Harvard will be prepared to put up a good fight in the annual tournament with Yale, Princeton and Dartmouth, which will be held in New York City on December 28 to 31. The following are available for the varsity team: N. E. Long, '32; M. A. Mergen-theim, '33; V. L. Eaton, '32; M. A. Malkan, '33; C. J. Tannenbaum, '34; R. B. Thomson, '32, and L R. Wech-sler, '33. In a team match of four boards between Columbia and Syracuse university at the Manhattan Chess club the New Yorkers made a clean sweep, winning by a score of 4 to 0. The chess championship of Oer-many for which thirteen experts competed during the congress of the German Chess Association at Swinenuende last June without reaching a decision, has gone into the keeping of E. D. Bogoljubow of Trlberg, hero of the great Moscow tournament of 1925 and for a time idiolized by the Russian chess players of his native land. Expatriated he Is now a German citizen and therefore eligible to hold the position of champion. At Swineunendo, Bogoljubow won six games, lost two and drew four, the highest score, which however was equalled by Dr. Ludwig Roedi. of Nuremberg.
It was not possible for them at the time to play off the tie inasmuch as Bogoljubow was booked to appear at Prague in the international team tournament (won by the United States) and subsequently at Bled in Jugoslavia in the international master's tournament, where he was placed second to Dr. Alexander Alekhine. Finally, negotiations were completed leading to their meeting in a match of five games at Nuremberg. The outcome was in favor of Bogoju-bow by the score of 2-0, with three drawn. The champion won the second and fourth games, in both of which he had the white pieces.
Dr. Roedi, on the other hand made a good showing in which he established superior positions without being able to bring them to a successful issue. (New York Sui, Solution to problem 129 by A. S. Kipping, R-KT4. No. 130 By D. Booth. Jr. Black 10 Pieces.
1 White 7 Pieces White to play and mate in three.
H. V. Hesse, of Bethlehem, the Cen tral Pennsylvania champion in his j 15-game match with W. H. Steckel, ( tha Lehigh valley ana Aiienioi:i champion, wen the sixth game of this match.
The score is 31i-2,i in Mr. Hesse's favor. ed simultaneously against 68 opponents at Sieria Maare. Calif., 56 games in all 1 being played. He won 40, drew 9 &jiu 1 lost 7.
J The following letter was received j from Frank. J. O Hara, the well know,: i player from Scranton, Pa. The letter j concerns the possimnty oi Dnngms x. Kashdan here again this winter: Dear Mr. Steckel: I am writing you about trying tc bring I. I. Kashdan to your city on his way to Scranton and Wiikei-Barre since we plan to have him here before long If we can get him. He was here last February and made a fine Impression. We haVe no set chess club working here now but we can arrange matters with two or three small clubs In this vicinity to give Kashdan a pleasant evening.
He really deserves our encouragement in this way to help him pay his traveling expenses abroad. His games that we play over are suiely worth 25c each to each of us and if we all gave him a quarter for each of his great games, Kashdan would not have to travel but he is not at all of a grasping nature and he really enjoys visiting the clubs, etc. Will you not write to Kashdan at the Manhattan Chess Club, Hotel Beacon, New York City and try to help arrange for your city and pos-eibily Bethlehem and Easton. I have read about your winnings In the "Chess Bulletin" and I congratulate you. Hope to meet you some fine day.
With best wishes, I am, Very truly yours, FRANK J. O'HARA We may add if there is enough response to have this young master here we shall only be too glad to secure Mr. Kashdan's services. The following is the standing of the Castle's Chess Club Chess Tournament: Foley, 7-1; Rockel, 9'4-lVi; Godfrey. 6-3: Hodgson. 4-4; Bahjyian, 3V4-4; Snyder, 2-6; Steiner, 2-8, and R. B. Miller, 1-7. Rudolph Smirka, A. E. Santasiere, Reuben Fine and E. Tholfsen ach with a score of 3-2, are tied for tie lead in the championship tournament at the Marshall Chess club. Sidney Bernstein and A. C. Cass come nexc, with 2A-1',4 apiece.
The following results were recorded in the first round of the annual inter-club series of Commercial Chess League: Bell Telephone, 2li; International, IVi: New York Edison, Doherty - Penney, Brooklyn Edison, 3; Chase National, 1; American T. St T., a bye. Lester S. Samuels, Albert S. Plnkus, 99 Alfred Schroeder, Robert Willman and Leonard B. Meyer, consulting in behalf of the Manhattan Chess club, experienced no difficulty in winning the cable game against the British Chess club, cf Paris, in 31 moves. The British club sacrificed a pawn somewhat recklessly on the tenth move and thereafter the issue was never in doubt. Although none of the members of last year's champion team will be on hand, Harvard will be prepared to put up a good fight in the annual tournament with Yale, Princeton and Dartmouth, which will be held in New York City on December 28 to 31. The following are available for the varsity team: N. E. Long, '32; M. A. Mergen-theim, '33; V. L. Eaton, '32; M. A. Malkan, '33; C. J. Tannenbaum, '34; R. B. Thomson, '32, and L R. Wech-sler, '33. In a team match of four boards between Columbia and Syracuse university at the Manhattan Chess club the New Yorkers made a clean sweep, winning by a score of 4 to 0. The chess championship of Oer-many for which thirteen experts competed during the congress of the German Chess Association at Swinenuende last June without reaching a decision, has gone into the keeping of E. D. Bogoljubow of Trlberg, hero of the great Moscow tournament of 1925 and for a time idiolized by the Russian chess players of his native land. Expatriated he Is now a German citizen and therefore eligible to hold the position of champion. At Swineunendo, Bogoljubow won six games, lost two and drew four, the highest score, which however was equalled by Dr. Ludwig Roedi. of Nuremberg.
It was not possible for them at the time to play off the tie inasmuch as Bogoljubow was booked to appear at Prague in the international team tournament (won by the United States) and subsequently at Bled in Jugoslavia in the international master's tournament, where he was placed second to Dr. Alexander Alekhine. Finally, negotiations were completed leading to their meeting in a match of five games at Nuremberg. The outcome was in favor of Bogoju-bow by the score of 2-0, with three drawn. The champion won the second and fourth games, in both of which he had the white pieces.
Dr. Roedi, on the other hand made a good showing in which he established superior positions without being able to bring them to a successful issue. (New York Sui, Solution to problem 129 by A. S. Kipping, R-KT4. No. 130 By D. Booth. Jr. Black 10 Pieces.
1 White 7 Pieces White to play and mate in three.
